On 16/07/21 10:06 pm, Andrew Packer wrote:
I'm stuck on a problem with the GIMP and have not been able to find
any solution, or even any mention of the problem, online.
I've never encountered anything like it before adopting my current
computing rig: Dell XPS-13 "9300" dual-booting Win10 and Linux Mint 20
Cinnamon, kernel 5.8.0-59-generic, Cinnamon 4.6.7, running an LG 27"
4K-res monitor (problem is similar with ASUS monitors and with no
external monitor at all). When connected to an external monitor,
which is most of the time, I use an Alogic VPLUCSD3O hub. My GIMP
version is 2.10.18.
When I try to do anything in the GIMP involving selection, including
placing a text box, one of two things happens:
If I'm using my favourite trackball (Logitech M570 or Logitech MX
Ergo), I cannot do anything involving selection. When I choose the
tool, a cursor appears, and I can move it around, but clicking and
dragging does nothing at all.
If I'm using the trackpad on the XPS-13, the same cursor appears, but
a second, 'real' cursor (that places the start of the selection or
text box) is most of a screen's height above it. I can ignore the
first cursor, except that if I move it down far enough, it changes
into my usual Mint cursor and the 'real' cursor vanishes, so it's
difficult to get at some parts of the image.
My cursor is not standard, but I've tried others and the behaviour is
the same.
Any clues as to what's wrong and how I might investigate and fix it?
I had a similar issue with several programs using Mint 20 Mate with my
retina screened laptop. I tried fiddling with many things including the
NVIDIA Xorg settings, or to now avail. In the end I switched to
Ubuntu mate and the issue disappeared.
Crazy, but my 2 cents worth.
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